Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118177.015 - Employee fractures hip when struck by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 118177.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 07/10/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1417096.015	07/16/2019		236115	Metro Home Builders, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:30 a.m. on July 10, 2019, an employee working for a home builder was cutting a dead pine tree using a chain saw. A coworker was driving a front loader guiding the tree to the fall direction but lost control. When the trunk was falling, the employee panicked and ran the wrong direction into the path of the falling tree. The employee sustained multiple fractures, including a fractured hip, and was hospitalized for surgery.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chain Saw, Cutting, Fracture, Front End Loader, Hip, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Lost Control, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Residential Construction, Struck By, Tree, Tree Felling

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1417096.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause:

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